7And you will hear of wars and threats of wars, but don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place, but the end won’t follow immediately.
8Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in many parts of the world, as well as famines. But this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come.
Mark 13 is Jesus’s Olivet Discourse, a prophetic sermon delivered just days before his crucifixion. It begins with a startling prediction of the Temple’s destruction, then moves through a tapestry of future events: wars, persecutions, the abomination of desolation, cosmic signs,
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